Clothes-pounder



(No Model.)

G. W; LAWBAUGH. CLOTHES POUNDER.

Patented July 18, 1893. I

2 swa UNITED STATES PATENT @EETQE.

GEORGE W. LAWBAUGH, OF GENESEO, ILLINOIS.

CLO'THES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,606, dated July 18,1893.

Application filed April 15, 1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LAWBAUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Geneseo, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Founders; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to an improvement in clothes pounders, andit has for its object to provide at a minimum expense, a device whichwill be eflfective for the purposes designed, and will require butlittle exertion to operate it.

The invention will be fully understood from the following descriptionand claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1, is a perspective View of my improved pounder washingmachine with the handle partly broken away. Fig. 2, is a ver ticallongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3, is a cross sectionalview taken in the plane indicated by the dotted line tax, on Fig. 1, andFig. 4, is a perspective View of one end of the handle. 7

In carrying out my invention, I .take a block of wood, or other suitablematerial A, and shape it with flat sides a, and well rounded corners b,the size of the block depending upon the capacity of work to beperformed. This block is provided on its upper side with a centralcircular aperture 0, to receive the handle, and leading from the base ofthis aperture, is a vertical, aperture 01, of a less diameter, and thislatter aperture connects at its lower end with an enlarged central holeor aperture e. The block is also provided in its four sides and exteriorto the central hole or aperture e, with vertical longitudinal aperturesf; there being eight of these shown in the present illustration. Theseapertures f, are preferably circular in cross section and extend asufficient length of the block adjacent to the margin, within the body.1 These longitudinal apertures are respectively connected at their upperends with the aperture Serial No. 470,449. (No model.)

0, by oblique channels g, as better shown in Fig. 2, of the drawings. Itwill thus be seen that the hole or aperture e, and also the respectiveholes or apertures f, are all connected with each other, and also withthe hole or aperture in which the handle is inserted.

The under side or lower end of the block is provided with beveled orV-shaped grooves h, formed one between each of the holes or apertures f,and all of these grooves or recesses lead into the central hole oraperture 6.

The handle B, is not designed to fit down in the base wall of the holeor aperture 0, but is designed to leave a space 11, beneath its lowerend when in position. This handle has its lower end provided withgrooves 70, which intersect, as shown, and will materially aid informing channels or passages for the air and water so as to offer noobstruction to the free circulation of the air during operation.

With a device of this construction, the cleansing of clothes is verymuch facilitated. It is very effective in operation and requires butlittle exertion in its use.

While I have described very specifically, the device of the exactconstruction shown and described, yet I do not wish to confine myself tosuch precise construction shown, but

reserve the right to make such modifications and changes as may fairlyfall within the scope of my invention. 7 7

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improvedarticle of manufacture, a clothes pounder, comprising a head formed froma block of wood, and having the central, vertical aperture 6, in itsunder side, a simi lar aperture 0, in its upper side, the narrowaperture d, connecting the upper and lower apertures, theseries ofvertical, longitudinal apertures f, exterior to the central aperture,the oblique channels'g, connecting the exterior aperture, with theupper, central aperture, and the face of the block having the grooves'71, and the lower ends of the apertured parts f, projecting as shown,and a suitable'handle placed in the upper, central aperture, subedcorners and also having the central Vertical hole or aperture e, theVertical aperture 0, and the intermediate aperture d, connecting theupper and lower center apertures, the longitndinal vertical series ofholes or apertures f, the oblique channels g, connecting these latterapertures or holes with the handle hole, in combination with the handlehaving its under side grooved and placed in the aperture 0, so as toform a chamberor space i, substan- 1o t-ially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. LAWBAUGI-I.

Witnesses:

J. M. HOSFORD, W. H. Hosronn.

